May 2, 2007
- Tired of grocery stores with long checkout lines? Aisles that force you to squeeze by and fear knocking down one of those huge Coke displays? One grocery store thinks you’re ready for a change and wants you to “shop happy.” Food Lion has unveiled a new chain called Bloom that promises a new way to grocery shop.
- Shoppers scan items with personal scanners and bag them in their carts as they shop. The scanners also allow Bloom to send instant messages to shoppers, alerting them when prescriptions have been filled or when deli orders are ready for pick-up. For check-out, shoppers simply go to any check-out lane and scan an “end of trip” barcode and the order automatically downloads to a register, so there’s no need to unload and reload the cart — which brings the average checkout time down to 32.7 seconds. Visit their Web site at: www.ShopBloom.com
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What a great idea! Imagine how easy holiday shopping would be if other stores did this.
Comment by Amanda — November 2, 2007 @ 9:31 pm